Tim Fischer
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The Honourable Tim Fischer AC |
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Fischer at the Reserve Forces Day commemorative service in Wagga Wagga
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| Australian Ambassador to the Holy See | |
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In office 30 January 2009 – 20 January 2012 |
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| Preceded by | Anne Plunkett |
| Succeeded by | John McCarthy |
| 10th Deputy Prime Minister of Australia | |
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In office 11 March 1996 – 20 July 1999 |
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| Prime Minister | John Howard |
| Preceded by | Kim Beazley |
| Succeeded by | John Anderson |
| Minister for Trade | |
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In office 11 March 1996 – 20 July 1999 |
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| Prime Minister | John Howard |
| Preceded by | Bob McMullan |
| Succeeded by | Mark Vaile |
| Leader of the National Party of Australia | |
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In office 10 April 1990 – 20 July 1999 |
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| Deputy |
Bruce Lloyd John Anderson |
| Preceded by | Charles Blunt |
| Succeeded by | John Anderson |
| Member of the Australian Parliament for Farrer |
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In office 1 December 1984 – 8 October 2001 |
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| Preceded by | Wal Fife |
| Succeeded by | Sussan Ley |
| Member of the New South Wales Parliament for Murray |
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In office 13 September 1980 – 18 October 1984 |
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| Preceded by | Mary Meillon |
| Succeeded by | Jim Small |
| Member of the New South Wales Parliament for Sturt |
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In office 13 February 1971 – 12 August 1980 |
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| Preceded by | New district |
| Succeeded by | John Sullivan |
| Personal details | |
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Timothy Andrew Fischer 3 May 1946 Lockhart, New South Wales, Australia |
| Political party | National Party of Australia |
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| Allegiance |
 Australia
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| Service/branch | Australian Army |
| Years of service | 1968–1969 |
| Rank | Second lieutenant |
| Unit | 1st Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment |
| Battles/wars | Vietnam War |
Timothy Andrew "Tim" Fischer, AC (born 3 May 1946), has been involved in Australian politics in one form or another since 1971. He served as Deputy Prime Minister in the Howard Government from 1996 to 1999. He retired from Parliament in 2001, and was the Australian Ambassador to the Holy See between 2008 and 2012.
Fischer was born in Lockhart, New South Wales, and is of German descent. He attended Xavier College, Melbourne. In 1966 he was conscripted into the Australian Army, was commissioned at the Officer Training Unit, Scheyville and served in the Vietnam War.
On his return from Vietnam, Fischer took up farming at Boree Creek, Riverina, and became active in the Country Party, as the party was then called. He represented Sturt in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1971–80, and Murray from 1980-84. He served on the opposition frontbench from 1978-84.
In 1984, Fischer won the federal seat of Farrer in New South Wales' far west for the National Party of Australia (NPA), as the Country Party had been renamed. Within a year he was on the opposition frontbench, and soon became a popular figure in both the NPA and the Parliament: his sometimes rustic manner and bumbling English concealing a shrewd political brain. In 1990, when an attempt by Charles Blunt to modernise the NPA's image ended with his losing his seat, Fischer was elected NPA leader, defeating the former leader Ian Sinclair.
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